Match book holder for ash receptacles



Aug. 8, 1933. c GRUNWALD 1,921,876

MATCH BOOK HOLDER FOR ASH RECEPTACLES Filed Feb. 8, 1932 flZ z 5 2 5 21 J?y 10% 7476 2164, y/zmxzb J??? Patented Aug. 8, 1933 MATCH BOOK HOLDER FOR ASH RECEPTACLES Albert C. Grunwald, River Forest, 111., assignor to Precision Metal Workers, Chicago, 111., a Corporation of Illinois Application February 8,

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a match book holder for ash receptacles, i. e. a holder for the books or pads of paper matches which are now in quite general use.

The invention contemplates and provides such a holder which is of sturdy construction and good appearance, which economically may be manufactured and installed on an ash receptacle of any preferred construction; which firmly but releasably holds a matchbook in its embrace; and which is so constructed and arranged as to facilitate ready insertion of a match book into the holder, as well as its ready removal therefrom.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating three satisfactory embodiments of the invention, Fig. l is a perspective of the upper portion of an ash tray having my improved match book holder mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the match book being removed from the holder;

Fig. 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective illustrating a modified embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of another modification of the invention.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the several views, reference numeral 10 v indicates an ash receptacle having a cover 11 which is provided with a central depressed portion 12 slotted or apertured at 13 to permit the discharge of ashes, burnt matches, etc., from the portion 12 into the receptacle 10, the slot or aperture 12 normally being closed by a pivoted gate 14 which is controlled by a lever 15. This type of ash tray is to be regarded as exemplary of a large variety of ash trays to which the device of the present invention may be applied. It is desirable, however, that the ash tray or other receptacle to which the match book holder of the present invention is applied be of some type having a fiat top surface to which the foot portions of the two principal elements of the holder may be secured in the manner hereinafter described.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the match book holder there shown comprises an inclined slide 16, provided with a horizontal foot 1'? and lateral flanges 18; the distance between the flanges 18 being slightly greater than the width of the match book 19 with which the 1932. Serial No. 591,595

holder is designed to cooperate. v The slide 16, its foot 17 and flanges 18, preferably are formed of relatively stiff steel stock and are in the form of an integral stamping.

Disposed in front of the slide 16 and located midway between its flanges 18, is a resilient retainer 20; this retainer preferably being formed of initially flat spring steel stock and being provided with an integral horizontal foot 21 designed to underlie the foot 17 of the slide 16. The retainer 20 preferably is curved upwardly toward the slide 16 and then curved upwardly away from the slide, as indicated in Fig. 2.

I prefer to form the feet 1'7 and 21 with interlocking deformations (see Fig. 3) and to secure the foot 17 to the tray top 11 by screws 22 or their equivalent. By virtue of this construction, the foot 21 is held firmly clamped under foot 17 without there being any necessity for the screws 22 having direct engagement with the retainer foot 21.

A match book, such as indicated at 19 in Fig. 1, may be moved downwardly on the inclined surface of the slide 16, between the flanges 18 thereof, the retainer 20 yielding to permit such insertion of the match book into the holder but acting, when the match book is in the holder, to keep the book closed and to prevent disengagement of the book from the slide except pursuant to an upward pull sufficient to overcome the pressure of the retainer against the flap of the match book.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, the relatively stiff slide is indicated at 23, and its horizontal foot is indicated at 24.. The spring retainer in this instance is indicated at 25, and its horizontal foot is indicated at 26. In this embodiment of the invention, the relatively stiff inclined slide 23 is not provided with lateral flanges. As' shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the slide 23 is only slightly greater in width than is the spring retainer 25. If desired, these two elements may be precisely the same width. In this embodiment of the invention the foot 26 of the retainer underlies the foot 24 of the slide 23, a rivet 27, extending through the feet 24 and 26, serving to fasten the holder to the tray top 11 and to retain the two principal parts of the holder in proper relation each tothe other.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 6 is substantially like that shown in Figs. 1 to 3, except that the lateral flanges 18 of the slide 16 are in turn provided with inturned supplemental flanges 28-28 which are adapted to overlie the edges of the flap of the match book. In this embodiment of the invention, the foot 17 of the slide 16 may be pressed upwardly to form a recess on its under side for the reception of the foot of the spring retainer 20. In this instance, as in the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the foot of the retainer is clamped under the foot of the guide; and the holder is retained upon the ash tray by means of screws 2222.

Having thus illustrated three preferred embodiments of my invention, what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a match book holder adapted for application to an ash tray, a substantially rigid slide having projecting side flanges throughout its length for retaining a book of matches against sidewise displacement, and provided with an integral foot adapted for attachment to the tray, a resilient retainer disposed in front of the slide and between said projecting side flanges to grip a book of matches and retain it therebetween, and having a foot underlying the foot of the slide, the upper end of the retainer lying adjacent the slide and being curved away from the slide, and means for securing the foot of the slide to the ash tray with the foot of the retainer clamped between the foot of the slide and the tray.

2. In a match book holder adapted for application to an ash tray, a substantially rigid slide having projecting side flanges throughout its length for retaining a book of matches against sidewise displacement, and an integral foot bent at an angle to the slide for its support on an ash tray, a retainer of spring steel disposed in front of the slide and between said projecting side flanges to clasp a book of matches and retain it therebetween, a foot integral with said retainer and underlying the foot of the slide, the upper end of the retainer lying adjacent the slide and being curved away from the slide, cooperating interlocking deformations in the said feet, and meansfor securing the foot of the slide to the ash tray with the retainer foot clamped between the foot of the slide and the tray.

' ALBERT C. GRUNWALD. 

